Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 09:40:58 +0100 From: "Greg Quinlan" <greg@swlct.sthames.nhs.uk> To: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: FIXED, PANIC & Re: [Q] How stable is FreeBSD 3.X ? Message-ID: <006001beb0c1$77646f00$380051c2@greg.qmpgmc.ac.uk>
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Hi all, I have been busy fixing my panic problem. Looking good!!!! # uname -a; uptime FreeBSD amanda.qmpgmc.ac.uk 3.2-STABLE FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE #0: Wed May 26 08:43:3 4 BST 1999 greg@amanda.qmpgmc.ac.uk:/usr/src/sys/compile/dns1 i386 9:19AM up 11 days, 13:27, 3 users, load averages: 0.01, 0.03, 0.00 I finally had a way of making the server crash every time. do a "make world" om 3.2-R..... A so goes the story of grandfathers axe: ("Grandfather axe.... replaced the handle a few times, then the head, but it was still grandfathers axe") Good old fashioned repairs.... 0. I updated to 3.2-S ... 26 May 1999 1. I replaced the RAM. 2. I replaced the Motherboard. 3. I replaced the SCSI-UW controller. 4. I replaced the Video Card. 5. I replaced the all the Hard Disks. 6. I replaced the Network cards. What's left?.... ahhhhh ... replaced the Floppy... then the CD-ROM....unplugged the tape... replaced.... all the cables... finally the power supply! Each time I ran "make world", I could still crash it! What next.....the case? NOPE!...... 7. I replaced the both CPU's.......... WTF#! NO CRASH! Well that must be it then... FreeBSD has blown the guts out of my INTEL PII 333 Processor....Too quick for it. {:-) ....... and before anybody says, "The processor must be getting too hot?" It was not getting too hot! Maybe Intel should use FreeBSD to test/rate CPU's? (Isn't it a rumour that Intel only make one PII CPU and just rate them!) I'M HAPPY NOW!! Oh yes .... [Q] How stable is FreeBSD? [A] Very Stable! And a special thanks to Mark Blackman <tmb@rcru.rl.ac.uk> for his idea of old fashioned hardware diagnosis. One last thing; To those users that may be having problems with their FBSD installs on a more current version Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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